Female Teacher's Voice During Teaching

Functional Voice Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title: The Well-being of Female Teacher's Voice During Teaching

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Two voice therapy methods are compared. Activity noise levels and vocal load of teachers during teaching in primary school classrooms are evaluated. Acoustic and Workshop Interventions are implemented in order to reduce noise level during lesson.

Clinical Trial Description

Due to the voice disorders, teachers are a major customer group for voice therapy. The main part of the study is comparison of two voice therapy methods.

There are several factors in the classroom that increase teacher's risk of voice disorders. One of the most significant is high noise level during lessons. This study explores the noise conditions the teachers are working in and how these conditions are related to the voice parameters and symptoms.

Finally, the study aims to determine whether classroom noise level can be lowered by improving classroom acoustics and by noise reducing workshops for teachers and pupils. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Functional Voice Disorder
• Voice Disorders

• NCT number: NCT03382535
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Oulu
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 7, 2009
• Completion date: June 14, 2016